Where: Saudi Arabia (28.7° N, 34.8° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° N, 34.7° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Taviani, P. Montagna, N. M. A. Rasul, L. Angeletti, and W. Bosworth. 2019. Pleistocene Coral Reef Terraces on the Saudi Arabian Side of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 198561: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.12.2018
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Tridacna sp. Bruguière 1797 cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
Lambis sp. Röding 1798 conch | |
Terebridae indet. Mörch 1852 auger snail |